Jerry Schad

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Jerry Schad (also known as Gerald Schad, November 3, 1949 – Sept. 22, 2011) was an American educator and nonfiction writer, who had extensively documented local hiking trails in San Diego, Orange County and Southern California. [1] [2]

His book Afoot & Afield San Diego County is widely considered the local bible of hiking. [3] [4]

Jerry Schad Observatory was dedicated by San Diego Mesa College on the rooftop of the Math and Science building of the community college. [5] Jerry Schad Memorial Trail was dedicated at Balboa Park in honor of him. [6]

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